Agenda 2025

8.30am Registration

9.30am WELCOME & OPENING BY CHAIR

Session 1 – Retail Revisited

09.40am Shopping Centres Revisited Steve Norris, Executive Director – National Head P, R + I, Lambert Smith Hampton

10.05am ESG Revisited – where we are today Anastasia Petrova, VP Partnerships and Strategic Alliances, Deepki

Overview of ESG trends in real estate, leveraging adoption of proptech and climatetech solutions that can support industry in tackling challenges across built environment lifecycle.

10.30am Economic Overview Jennet Siebrits, Head of UK Research, CBRE

Session 2 – Technology

11.30am Immersive Leisure: new world order? Tom Whittington, Director of Commercial Research, Savills

What are the opportunities for competitive socialising and immersive leisure, and how are these concepts and consumer appetite for F&B reshaping the profile of retail places?

11.55pm Managing emergencies with clearer response plans and enhancing existing technologies Darren Pearce, Centre Director, Meadowhall and Dawn Osborne, Director, Nova Consultants UK

12.20pm PANEL DISCUSSION – The Evolution and Future of Retail Destinations

- - - - Gareth Jordan, Managing Director, Retail Advantage
        
        Alasdair McClimont, Customer Manager, The Crown Estate
        
        Glynn Edwards, Trading Director, Landsec
        
        Anand Basu-Attwood, Commercial Operations Director, Resorts World Birmingham

Session 3 – People

1.50pm PANEL DISCUSSION – Safe Spaces for Women & Girls – Initiative

- - - - Kayley Buxton, Marketing & Events Director, Revo
        
        Marina Milosev, Director of Urban Strategies & Innovation, Founding Partner, Beyond the Red Line
        Tarah Gear, Director of Brand & Place Futures, Milligan

2.15pm How the High Street engages with Young People / Creative Maker Spaces Joe Barrett, Founder, The Teenage Market

2.45pm PANEL DISCUSSION – Innovative Partnerships: Securing the Future of Our High Streets

The panel will share insights on how collaboration and creative strategies can help shape the future of retail and reinvigorate our town centres.

- - - - Ben Hammond, Growth & Performance Manager, Toolbox Marketing
        
        Romy Romes, Founder, Vfour London
        
        Paul Clifford, Director, Flourish
        
        Alex Schlagman, Founding Partner, Save the High Street

Session 4 - The combined power of People and Technology

3.45pm Revo Future Insight – The Forces Driving Retail & Leisure Places in 2034 Alex McCulloch, Director, CACI and Neil Hockin, Managing Director, Lunson Michenall

4.10pm The Future of Retail

4.40pm ROUND UP & CLOSE BY CHAIR

4.45pm DRINKS & EXHIBITION OPEN TILL 5.00pm

Agenda subject to change

Gala Dinner

7.00pm Drinks Reception

8.00pm Welcome speech Simon Lewis

8.15pm Dinner

10.00pm After dinner entertainment

11.30pm Close